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    Marko Jevgeni Gaidajenko

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    Marko Jevgeni Gaidajenko
    Personal information
    Full nameMarko Jevgeni Gaidajenko
    Country representedEstonia Estonia
    Born (2001-11-01) 1 November 2001 (age 21)
    Tallinn, Estonia
    Home townTallinn
    Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
    PartnerSolène Mazingue
    Former partnerDarja Netjaga, Jessenia Tsenkman
    CoachRomain Haguenauer, Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, Pascal Denis, Josée Piché, Sebastien Soldevila, Emilie Bonnavaud, Eva Airapetian
    Former coachAlexei Sitnikov, Julia Zlobina, Peter Durnev, Alexander Zhulin, Julia Semjonova, Alexei Gorshkov
    ChoreographerPatrice Lauzon, Marie-France Dubreuil, Guillaume Cizeron, Samuel Choinard, Scott Moir
    Former choreographerArtem Khromykh. Julia Semenjova, Natalja Janovskaja, Elena Maslennikova
    Skating clubAnna Levandi FSC
    Former skating clubFSC SkyDance
    Training locationsMontreal, Canada
    Former training locationsTallinn
    Began skating2007
    ISU personal best scores
    Combined total149.04
    2022 Worlds
    Short dance63.97
    2022 Worlds
    Free dance89.71
    2021 CS Warsaw Cup

    Marko Jevgeni Gaidajenko (born 1 November 2001) is an Estonian ice dancer. With his current partner, Solène Mazingue, he is the 2021 JGP France II bronze medalist, the 2022 Estonian national champion, and competed in the final segment at the 2022 European Championships.

    Personal life[edit]

    Gaidajenko was born on 1 November 2001 in Tallinn, Estonia. As of 2022, he is a university student studying medicine.

    Career[edit]

    Early years[edit]

    Gaidajenko began learning to skate in 2007.[1] As a novice ice dancer, he competed with Jessenia Tsenkman.[2]

    By 2018, Gaidajenko was skating with Darja Netjaga. The two made their ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut in October 2018, placing eleventh in Ljubljana, Slovenia. During the following JGP season, Netjaga/Gaidajenko finished twelfth in Latvia and thirteenth in Italy. Ranked twenty-fifth in the rhythm dance, they did not advance to the free dance at the 2020 World Junior Championships in Tallinn. They trained in Tallinn and Moscow, coached by Julia Semjonova and Alexei Gorshkov.[3]

    2021–2022 season[edit]

    Mazingue/Gaidajenko made their international debut in August at the 2021 JGP France II, the second of two events held in Courchevel. There, the team placed fifth in the rhythm dance but rose to third in the free dance to claim the bronze medal overall behind American teams Brown/Brown and Flores/Tsarevski. Their medal marked the first medal for Estonia on the Junior Grand Prix circuit in ice dance since 2011.[4] At their second JGP event, the 2021 JGP Austria, Mazingue/Gaidajenko finished ninth.[5]

    Moving up to the senior level, Mazingue/Gaidajenko made their Challenger Series debut in November at the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup. They placed fifteenth at the event. Later in December, they won their first senior national title at the 2022 Estonian Championships before returning to the Challenger Series at the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, where they finished ninth. Due to their placement at Estonian nationals, Mazingue/Gaidajenko were assigned to Estonia's berth in ice dance at the 2022 European Championships.[5]

    At Europeans, held in Gaidajenko's hometown Tallinn, Mazingue/Gaidajenko set a new personal best in the rhythm dance to qualify to the free dance in 20th place. They maintained their standing in the free dance and finished twentieth overall.[5] Mazingue/Gaidajenko concluded the season at the 2022 World Championships, held in Montpellier with Russian dance teams absent due to the International Skating Union banning all Russian athletes due to their country's invasion of Ukraine.[6] They qualified to the free dance and finished nineteenth.[5]

    Programs[edit]

    With Mazingue[edit]

    Season Rhythm dance Free dance
    2022–2023
    [7]
    • Rhumba: Amado Mio
      performed by Pink Martini
    • Cha Cha: Dónde Estás Yolanda
      by Pink Martini
    • Rhumba: Amado Mio
      performed by Pink Martini
    • Evil Morty
      by Lucas King
    • Evil Morty Theme (For the Damaged Coda)
      by Samuel Kim
    2021–2022
    [1]
    • Clint Eastwood
      by Gorillaz
    • Beggin'
      performed by Måneskin
      choreo. by Artem Khromykh
    • To Build a Home
      by The Cinematic Orchestra
      choreo. by Artem Khromykh

    With Netjaga[edit]

    Season Rhythm dance Free dance
    2019–2020
    [3]
    • Swing: Puttin' On the Ritz
    • Foxtrot: Puttin' On the Ritz
    • Quickstep: Puttin' On the Ritz
      by Irving Berlin
      choreo. by Elena Maslennikova
    • Love of My Life
    • Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...)
      by Queen
      choreo. by Elena Maslennikova
    2018–2019
    [2]
    • Tango: Take the Lead
      by Veronica Verdier
    • Tango: Tango Mistico
      by Tanghetto
    • Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet
      by Nino Rota, Henry Mancini
    • Lux Aeterna
      by Clint Mansell
    • A Time For Us
      (from Romeo and Juliet)
      performed by Barratt Waugh

    Competitive highlights[edit]

    CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

    With Mazingue[edit]

    International[5]
    Event 21–22 22-23
    Worlds 19th
    Europeans 20th
    CS Denis Ten WD
    CS Finlandia WD
    CS Golden Spin 9th
    CS Warsaw Cup 15th
    International: Junior[5]
    JGP Austria 9th
    JGP France II 3rd
    National[5]
    Estonian Champ. 1st

    With Netjaga[edit]

    International: Junior[8]
    Event 18–19 19–20 20–21
    Junior Worlds 25th
    JGP Italy 10th
    JGP Latvia 12th
    JGP Slovenia 11th
    Halloween Cup 7th
    Mentor Toruń Cup 13th
    Tallinn Trophy 5th
    National[8]
    Estonian Champ. 2nd J
    Tallinn Open 1st

    With Tsenkman[edit]

    International: Novice
    Event 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17
    NRW Trophy 4th NB 2nd NB 9th A
    Tallink Hotels Cup 1st B 1st A 1st A
    Tallinn Trophy 4th A 5th A
    National[8]
    Estonian Champ. 1st B 1st B 1st A
    Levels: J = Junior; A = Advanced novice;
    B = Basic novice; NB = Non-ISU Basic novice

    Detailed results[edit]

    With Mazingue[edit]

    Senior results[edit]

    2021–2022 season
    Date Event RD FD Total
    March 21–27, 2022 2022 World Championships 20
    63.97     		19
    85.07     		19
    149.04
    January 10–16, 2022 2022 European Championships 20
    60.36     		20
    83.53     		20
    142.89
    December 9–11, 2021 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 8
    58.89     		9
    88.62     		9
    147.51
    December 4–5, 2021 2022 Estonian Championships 2
    61.95     		1
    93.60     		1
    155.55
    November 19–20, 2021 2021 CS Warsaw Cup 17
    57.83     		14
    89.71     		15
    147.54

    Junior results[edit]

    2021–2022 season
    Date Event RD FD Total
    October 7–9, 2021 2021 JGP Austria 11
    48.81     		7
    82.42     		9
    131.23
    August 25–28, 2021 2021 JGP France II 5
    54.23     		3
    84.00     		3
    138.23

    References[edit]

    1. ^ a b "Solene MAZINGUE / Marko Jevgeni GAIDAJENKO: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 January 2022.
    2. ^ a b "Darja NETJAGA / Marko Jevgeni GAIDAJENKO: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 March 2019.
    3. ^ a b "Darja NETJAGA / Marko Jevgeni GAIDAJENKO: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 May 2020.
    4. ^ "USA and Canada strike gold as ISU Junior Grand Prix continues in Courchevel". International Skating Union. 31 August 2021.
    5. ^ a b c d e f g "Solene MAZINGUE / Mark Jevgeni GAIDAJENKO: Competition Results". International Skating Union.
    6. ^ Campigotto, Jesse (March 22, 2022). "Get ready for a bizarre figure skating world championships". CBC Sports.
    7. ^ "Solene MAZINGUE / Marko Jevgeni GAIDAJENKO: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. August 25, 2022.
    8. ^ a b c "Darja NETJAGA / Marko Jevgeni GAIDAJENKO: Competition Results". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 November 2021.

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